Potamoi, Drama

Potamoi Ποταμοί
The village of Potamoi
Potamoi
Coordinates: 41°23′N 24°06′E / 41.383°N 24.100°E / 41.383; 24.100Coordinates: 41°23′N 24°06′E / 41.383°N 24.100°E / 41.383; 24.100
Country	Greece
Administrative region	East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unit	Drama
Municipality	Kato Nevrokopi
Elevation	445 m (1,460 ft)
Population (2011)
• Rural	323
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	66033
Area code(s)	2523
Vehicle registration	ΡΜ

Potamoi (Greek: Ποταμοί), until 1927 known as Borovo (Greek: Μπόροβο,Bulgarian: Борово), is a village in the Drama regional unit, Greece. It is situated in the Chech region, at the mouth of the river Dospat on the left shore of the river Nestos.

Human habitation in the area of the village stretches back to prehistory. In 1967 many artifacts from different epochs were found near the village with some dated to the Bronze Age. Further 860 silver coins from Philip II of Macedon have been excavated from the environs of the village.

The village is first mentioned as Borovo in an Ottoman registry from the latter 15th/early 16th century, with 153 registered [male] inhabitants. The village has also been mentioned (as Borova) by the Austrian geologist Ami Boué, who visited the Balkans between 1836-1838. He notes that the way from Dospat to Kato Nevrokopi goes through Borova. He further notes that the village has been visited earlier by the Frenchman Vikenel.

According to the Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov, as of the 19th century the village of Borovo was a Muslim-populated village with 500 Bulgarian Muslims (Pomaks), 250 Turks and 140 houses. In another statistic from 1873 the village of Borovo is mentioned as a Pomak village with 280 male Pomaks and 110 households. According to a Greek statistic from 1913 Borovo (Μπόροβον) is a village with 1045 inhabitants.